Stratification In Cognition And Consciousness

Author : Bradford H. Challis,Boris M. Velichkovsky
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999-11-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027299970

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Stratification in Cognition and Consciousness by Bradford H. Challis,Boris M. Velichkovsky Pdf

The notion of stratification has played an important role in linguistics and evolutionary studies for some time, but its role in cognitive science has not yet been well articulated and identified. What is meant by stratification? What is the role and value of stratification in the contemporary study of cognition and consciousness? This collective volume speaks to these questions. The twelve articles in the book cover a range of relevant issues including (a) the vertical dimension and modularity of visual processing, search and attention, (b) the stratification of encoding and retrieval processes in memory, (c) the hierarchical nature of conscious and unconscious components of memory, and (d) the levels of awareness and varieties of conscious experience. The volume presents stimulating and self-contained articles for researchers and students of experimental psychology and neuroscience, and is suitable for an advanced university course. (Series B)

Author : Bradford H. Challis,Boris Mitrofanovich Velichkovski?
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027251350

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Stratification in Cognition and Consciousness by Bradford H. Challis,Boris Mitrofanovich Velichkovski? Pdf

The notion of stratification has played an important role in linguistics and evolutionary studies for some time, but its role in cognitive science has not yet been well articulated and identified. What is meant by stratification? What is the role and value of stratification in the contemporary study of cognition and consciousness? This collective volume speaks to these questions. The twelve articles in the book cover a range of relevant issues including (a) the vertical dimension and modularity of visual processing, search and attention, (b) the stratification of encoding and retrieval processes in memory, (c) the hierarchical nature of conscious and unconscious components of memory, and (d) the levels of awareness and varieties of conscious experience. The volume presents stimulating and self-contained articles for researchers and students of experimental psychology and neuroscience, and is suitable for an advanced university course. (Series B)

Author : Masao Ito,Yasushi Miyashita,Edmund T. Rolls
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997-05-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780191660757

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Cognition, Computation, and Consciousness by Masao Ito,Yasushi Miyashita,Edmund T. Rolls Pdf

The topic of consciousness is truly multidisciplinary, attracting researchers and theorists from diverse backgrounds. It is now widely accepted that previously disparate areas all have contributions to make to the understanding of the nature of consciousness. Thus, we now have computational scientists, neuroscientists, and philosophers all engaged in the same effort. This book illustrates these three approaches, with chapters provided by some of the most important and provocative figures in the field. The first section is concerned with philosophical approaches to consciousness. One of the fundamental issues here is that of subjective feeling or qualia. The second section focuses on approaches from cognitive neuroscience. Patients with different types of neurological problems, and new imaging techniques, provide rich sources of data for studying how consciousness relates to brain function. The third section includes computational approaches looking at the quantitative relationship between brain processes and conscious experience. Cognition, Computation, and Consciousness represents a uniquely integrated and current account of this most fascinating and intractable subject.

Author : Colin Martindale
Publisher : Top That! Kids
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Cognition
ISBN : UOM:39015007711776

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Cognition and Consciousness by Colin Martindale Pdf

Author : Seán Ó Nualláin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1556198426

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Spatial Cognition by Seán Ó Nualláin Pdf

"Spatial Cognition" brings together psychology, computer science, linguistics and geography, discussing how people think about space (our internal cognitive maps and spatial perception) and how we communicate about space, for instance giving route directions or using spatial metaphors. The technological applications adding dynamism to the area include computer interfaces, educational software, multimedia, and in-car navigation systems. On the experimental level, themes as varied as gender differences in orientation and of course, wholly unrelated the role of the hippocampus in rodent navigation are described. Much detailed analysis and computational modeling of the structure of short term memory (STM) is discussed. The papers were presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society of Ireland, Mind III. (Series B)

Author : Tomaso Vecchi,Gabriella Bottini
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027293435

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Imagery and Spatial Cognition by Tomaso Vecchi,Gabriella Bottini Pdf

The relationships between perception and imagery, imagery and spatial processes, memory and action: these are the main themes of this text. The interest in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience on imagery and spatial cognition has remarkably increased in the last decades. Different areas of research contribute to the clarification of the multiple cognitive processes subserving spatial perception and exploration, and to the definition of the neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning these cognitive functions. The aim of this book is to provide the reader (post-graduate students as well as experts) with a complete overview of this field of research. It illustrates how brain, behaviour and cognition interact in normal and pathological subjects in perceiving, representing and exploring space.(Series B)

Author : John Michael Krois
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9027252076

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Embodiment in Cognition and Culture by John Michael Krois Pdf

This volume shows that the notions of embodied or situated cognition, which have transformed the scientific study of intelligence have the potential to reorient cultural studies as well. The essays adapt and amplify embodied cognition in such different fields as art history, literature, history of science, religious studies, philosophy, biology, and cognitive science. The topics include the biological genesis of teleology, the dependence of meaning in signs upon biological embodiment, the notion of image schema and the concept of force in cognitive semantics, pictorial self-portraiture as a means to study self-perception, the difference between reading aloud and silent reading as a way to make sense of literary texts, intermodal (kinesthetic) understanding of art, psychosomatic medicine, laughter as a medical and ethical phenomenon, the valuation of laughter and the body in religion, and how embodied cognition revives and extends earlier attempts to develop a philosophical anthropology. (Series A)

Author : Philip David Zelazo,Morris Moscovitch,Evan Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781139464062

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The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness by Philip David Zelazo,Morris Moscovitch,Evan Thompson Pdf

The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness is the first of its kind in the field, and its appearance marks a unique time in the history of intellectual inquiry on the topic. After decades during which consciousness was considered beyond the scope of legitimate scientific investigation, consciousness re-emerged as a popular focus of research towards the end of the last century, and it has remained so for nearly 20 years. There are now so many different lines of investigation on consciousness that the time has come when the field may finally benefit from a book that pulls them together and, by juxtaposing them, provides a comprehensive survey of this exciting field. An authoritative desk reference, which will also be suitable as an advanced textbook.

Author : Max Velmans
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9027251339

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Investigating Phenomenal Consciousness by Max Velmans Pdf

How can one investigate phenomenal consciousness? As in other areas of science, the investigation of consciousness aims for a more precise knowledge of its phenomena, and the discovery of general truths about their nature. This requires the development of appropriate first-person, second-person and third-person methods. This book introduces some of the creative ways in which these methods can be applied to different purposes, e.g. to understanding the relation of consciousness to brain, to examining or changing consciousness as such, and to understanding the way consciousness is influenced by social, clinical and therapeutic contexts. To clarify the strengths and weaknesses of different methods and to demonstrate the interplay of methodology and epistemology, the book also suggests a number of “maps” of the consciousness studies terrain that place different approaches to the study of consciousness into a broader, interdisciplinary context. (Series A).

Author : Grant Gillett,John McMillan
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 155619997X

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Consciousness and Intentionality by Grant Gillett,John McMillan Pdf

Is there an internal relationship between consciousness and intentionality? Can mental content be described in such a way so as to avoid dualism? What is the influence of social context upon consciousness, conceptions of self and mental content?This book considers questions such as these and argues for a conception of consciousness, mental content and intentionality that is anti-Cartesian in its major tenets. Focusing upon the rule governed nature of concepts and the grounding of the rules for concept use in the practical world, intentional consciousness emerges as a phenomena that depends upon social context. Given that dependence, the authors consider and set aside attempts to reduce human consciousness and intentionality to phenomena explicable at biological or neuroscientific levels. (Series A)

Author : Ralph D. Ellis,Natika Newton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9027251363

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The Caldron of Consciousness by Ralph D. Ellis,Natika Newton Pdf

These new studies by prominent neuroscientists, psychologists and philosophers work toward a coherent framework for understanding emotion and its contribution to the functioning of consciousness in general, as an aspect of self-organizing, embodied subjects. Distinguishing consciousness from unconscious information processing hinges on the role of motivating emotions in all conscious modalities, and how emotional brain processes interact with those traditionally associated with cognitive function. Computationally registering/processing sensory signals (e.g. in the occipital lobe or area V4) by itself does not result in perceptual consciousness, which requires subcortical structures such as amygdala, hypothalamus, and brain stem. This interdisciplinary anthology attempts to understand the complexity of emotional intentionality; why the role of motivation in self-organizing processes is crucial in distinguishing conscious from unconscious processes; how emotions account for 'agency'; and how an adequate approach to emotion-motivation can address the traditional mind-body problem through a holistic understanding of the conscious, behaving organism. (Series B)

Author : Dan Zahavi,Thor Grünbaum,Josef Parnas
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027295132

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The Structure and Development of Self-Consciousness by Dan Zahavi,Thor Grünbaum,Josef Parnas Pdf

Self-consciousness is a topic of considerable importance to a variety of empirical and theoretical disciplines such as developmental and social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, and philosophy. This volume presents essays on self-consciousness by prominent psychologists, cognitive neurologists, and philosophers. Some of the topics included are the infants’ sense of self and others, theory of mind, phenomenology of embodiment, neural mechanisms of action attribution, and hermeneutics of the self. A number of these essays argue in turn that empirical findings in developmental psychology, phenomenological analyses of embodiment, or studies of pathological self-experiences point to the existence of a type of self-consciousness that does not require any explicit I —thought or self-observation, but is more adequately described as a pre-reflective, embodied form of self-familiarity. The different contributions in the volume amply demonstrate that self-consciousness is a complex multifaceted phenomenon that calls for an integration of different complementary interdisciplinary perspectives. (Series B)

Author : Talis Bachmann
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1556198418

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Microgenetic approach to the conscious mind by Talis Bachmann Pdf

Many secrets of nature have been discovered since we have a better understanding of microstructures, for example subatomic spheres in physics and genetic structures in biochemistry. This book is set to convey an overview of the history, methods, findings and theoretical accounts of microgenetic research in consciousness and experimental psychology. The reader will find information about how conscious percepts unfold within only a fraction of a second. In a sense, and according to the microgenetic hypothesis, our subjectively experienced perceptual image undergoes formation similar to the process of developing a photograph. Yet the time scale of the awareness-related perceptual development is much finer and therefore accessible only to observation armed with special experimental procedures that are exposed in this book. In addition, the author presents empirical findings and theoretical interpretations from his own lab. Professor Talis Bachmann has been active in microgenetic research on attention, perception and consciousness for more than 25 years. (Series B)

Author : Greg Janzen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9027252084

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The Reflexive Nature of Consciousness by Greg Janzen Pdf

Combining phenomenological insights from Brentano and Sartre, but also drawing on recent work on consciousness by analytic philosophers, this book defends the view that conscious states are reflexive, and necessarily so, i.e., that they have a built-in, “implicit” awareness of their own occurrence, such that the subject of a conscious state has an immediate, non-objectual acquaintance with it. As part of this investigation, the book also explores the relationship between reflexivity and the phenomenal, or “what-it-is-like,” dimension of conscious experience, defending the innovative thesis that phenomenal character is constituted by the implicit self-awareness built into every conscious state. This account stands in marked contrast to most influential extant theories of phenomenal character, including qualia theories, according to which phenomenal character is a matter of having phenomenal sensations, and representationalism, according to which phenomenal character is constituted by representational content. (Series A)

Author : Robert G. Kunzendorf,Benjamin Wallace
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9027251401

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Individual Differences in Conscious Experience by Robert G. Kunzendorf,Benjamin Wallace Pdf

Individual Differences in Conscious Experience is intended for readers with philosophical, psychological, or clinical interests in subjective experience. It addresses some difficult but important issues in the study of consciousness, subconsciousness, and self-consciousness. The book's fourteen chapters are written by renowned, pioneering researchers who, collectively, have published more than fifty books and more than one thousand journal articles. The editors' introductory chapter frames the book's subtext: that mind-brain theories embodying the constraints of individual differences in subjective experience should be given greater credence than nomothetic theories ignoring those constraints. The next five chapters describe research and theory pertaining to individual differences in conscious sensations — specifically, individual differences in pain perception, phantom limbs, gustatory sensations, and mental imagery. Then, two succeeding chapters focus on individual differences in subconsciousness. The final six chapters address individual differences in altered states of self-consciousness — dreams, hypnotic phenomena, and various clinical syndromes. (Series B)